The price of DJ equipment has made it harder for someone to follow their plans of becoming a DJ. With this in mind, DJ equipment is not just one piece of equipment, but rather a whole assembly of components. This is great, because now a DJ can mix the differenct compontents in different price ranges to fit their DJ:ing needs.



The greatest margin on price can be made on the sound mixers. Sound mixers can have a great number of features; and so their prices may be as low as $200 and also as high as $2000. A DJ working within a limited budget can opt for a small mixer, which could easily be afforded at $200 to $500. These mixers can work just as fine as big ones and are ideal buys for amateur DJs. Even big names in the DJ equipment market such as Numark, Gemini, Aiwa, Akai, etc. produce such small economy speakers.

Most Djs that are good at remixing their music like to use turntables instead of CD, DVD or MP3 players. Of course turn tables are higher in price, but companies such as Gemini actually have affordable turntables at around $400. If you don't want any lag time then you should opt for the direct drive ones even though they can be a little more expensive. This is because they play the record faster and most DJ's prefer them before any other belt driven table.

Players are cheaper than turntables because they don't offer the more advanced features that turntables have. Players only output audio and doesn't allow for manipulation of sound like turntables do. DJs that just play original records go for players.

Getting a pair of cheap speakers is not unusal, so look around for cheaper speakers as that's a very normal thing to do. A low wattage speaker can be selected to save costs.There are small woofer-type speaker at around $20 each that can output stereophonic sound.

You can also get a DJ package which includes all of the most basic components you need and also headphones. You get a DJs discount for getting a package and they usually come with a pair of headphones to boot. Packages are available generally for the mixers.

Using cheap equipment may take its toll on the music; but most DJs that have talent and creativity will be able to perform anyway. The most common buyer for cheaper Djs equipment is amateurs who have just gotten started and want to try the profession before moving on to bigger and better events.